Chapter 1423: Chapter 1424

Chapter 1424 A Master Plan

She jolted awake. Panting heavily, she caught a glimpse of her surroundings and realized that she was dreaming.

Everything she had dreamt of was still crystal clear in her mind. Why did I dream of such a weird situation? Most importantly, why did I dream of both Chris and Stephen?

She could not help but wonder if it was because Stephen’s design concept was too similar to Chris’ that she was reminded of Chris whenever she thought of Stephen.

She held her head with her hands. It seemed to her that she was constantly thinking about Chris lately, and it resulted in the dream.

Nina, you need to stop thinking about him. Forget that you didn’t hear anything from him, and stop letting him disturb your life! That’s right. I need to let him go. Now, all I need to focus on is to take good care of Grandpa.

After breakfast, Murphy instructed someone to take Nina to the duke’s estate.

Evan was shocked at Nina’s arrival.

“Why did you come?” Evan’s voice was cold and stern as his expression turned grave.

“Daddy, I’m here to take care of Grandpa. How is he doing?”

“He doesn’t need more people to look after him. Didn’t I tell you not to come to K Nation?”

“Daddy, I’m worried about Grandpa. Plus, I came to get some fresh air. Don’t be mad at me, Daddy. There’s no point getting angry since I’m already here. It’ll only ruin your health.”

Since Nina had disobeyed her parents and come to K Nation secretly, she had no choice but to sound as sincere as possible.

Evan had his guard up when he heard her response. I bet she came to find out about Chris. If she found out about the truth, there would be hell to pay. I have to think of a way to hide it from her.

“You refused to listen to your parents. Now, you leave me no choice but to punish you.”

“How are you going to punish me, Daddy?” she asked, blinking her eyes as she stared at him surprisingly.

“You’ll have to look after your grandfather and stand guard by him all the time!”

Stand guard by Grandpa? Is he trying to deter me from leaving the estate?

“Daddy, I’ll take care of Grandpa. However, can’t I go out once in a while to—”

Before she could finish her sentence, Evan cut her off and interjected, “No. This is your punishment for being such a disobedient daughter. You have no choice but to listen to my orders.”

Nina was shocked when she noticed the sudden change in his tone and how furious her father was. With that, she dared not to say a single word.

She knew Evan well, and so she knew that things would not end well for her if she defied him. Who knows? Daddy might even get someone to keep an eye on me. By that time, it’d be impossible for me to get out of the house.

With that, she had come up with a strategy. She would obey him for the time being to lower his guard, then sneaked out of the house when she had a chance.

I’ve managed to come to K Nation behind his back. It’d be a piece of cake for me to sneak out of the estate later on!

“I’m sorry, Daddy. I’ll stay by Grandpa’s side all the time and take good care of him.”

“That’s great. Don’t let me down.”

She nodded her head in response.

“Go check on him. I believe he’s awake.”

“Okay.”

Nina walked into her grandfather’s room obediently. On her way, she kept thinking of ways to escape the estate without Evan finding out.

For a moment, the duke thought he was seeing things as soon as he spotted his granddaughter.

“Nina? Is that you? Why did you come?” His body was still weak as he lay on his bed. At that moment, he was surprised to see her.

“Grandpa, Mommy can’t look after you, as she’s pretty occupied. So, I’m here to take care of you. Please let me know whatever you need. I’ll do my very best for you,” she said.

“You’re such a caring child, Nina.”

“I’m just doing what I should, Grandpa.”

As Nina sat chatting with her grandfather, an idea popped up in her mind as she finally came up with a master plan to escape the estate.